Introduction
I thought that you might find it interesting to have some information on travel & accommodation etc, who knows you, may wish to go there one day. To that end I hope you find this blogger interesting and useful. While there I stayed at Ban Dang and Nam Nao.
I stayed in a
The park covers an area of about 966 square kilometres in Petchabun and Chaiyapum provinces in northeast
I went from Khon Kaen by car which cost me 1500 Baht (£22.98) or you can get the bus at a cost of around 120 Bhatt (£1.83). The journey takes about two hours by bus and one and half by car at a steady speed.
At the gatehouse you have to pay an entrance fee of 200 Baht (£3.10), from here you can either walk the 2 Km's to the main building which is next to the restaurant (do not go to the HQ as they will only direct you to the main building which is further down the road) or you can hitch a ride, sometimes the staff on the gate will call for a lift if you ask them. The park staff are friendly and are interested in what you are doing and are keen to help.
In country help
His contact details are:
E-mail: mauricenewell2@hotmail.com
Accommodation
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Names like the Wow Butterfly, The Amazing Butterfly, and the Wonderfully Stunning Butterfly…
Mammals
I have listed the birds seen on my trip below in no particular order the * represents new birds for me.
* Large Nitava
* Black-shouldered Kite
* Collared Falconet
Dark-necked Tailorbird
Common Tailorbird
* Sooty-headed Bulbul
Puff-throated Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Streak-eared Bulbul
Black-crested Bulbul
* Black Bulbul
* Red-billed Scimitar Babbler
Hill Myna
Golden-crested Myna
White-vented Myna
Common Myna
Black-collared Starling
Ashy Wood Swallow
Pied Bushchat
* Common Woodshrike
White-rumped Shama
Oriental Magpie Robin
* Large-billed Crow
* Lesser Laced-necked Laughingthrush
* White-crested Laughingthrush
Eurasian Jay
* Crested Treeswift
* Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch
* Velvet Fronted Nuthatch
* Common Green Magpie
* White-throated Fantail
* Pied Fantail
Common Lora
Bar-winged Flycatcher Shrike
* Scarlet Minivet
* Green Bee-eater
Black –hooded Oriole
Bronzed-winged Drongo
Black Drongo
Ashy Drongo
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
Spangled Drongo
* Golden-fronted Leafbird
Blue-winged Leafbird
* White-crowned Forktail
* Blossom-headed Parakeet
* Grey-breasted Prina
* Plain Prina
* Brown Prina
* Rufescent Prina
Cinnamon Bittern
* Black Baza
Crested Serpent Eagle
* Bersa
Barn Owl
* Asian-barred Owlet
* Collared Scops Owl
* Emerald Dove
* Mountain Imperial Pigeon
* Thick-billed Green Pigeon
* Red-collared Dove
Spotted Dove
* Brown-backed Needletail Swift
Asian Palm Swift
House Swift
Indian Roller
Green-billed Malkoha
Lesser Coucal
Lesser-whistling Duck
Red-headed Trogon
Great Hornbill
* Blue-throated Barbet
Great Barbet
Coppersmith Barbet
Grey-faced Woodpecker
Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker
* Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
* White-bellied Woodpecker
* Common Flameback
* Greater Yellow-napped Woodpecker
* Lesser Yellow-napped Woodpecker
Jungle Fowl
Asian
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Plain-backed Sparrow
Paddyfield Pipit
* Sultan Tit
* Blue Pitta
Olive-backed Sunbird
* Brown-throated Sunbird
Hoopoe
Scaly-breasted Munia
* Buff-breasted Babbler
* Indochinese Bushlark
* Large Woodshrike
* Asian Keol
* Barred Buttonquail
* Peaceful Dove
* Zitting Cisticola
* Chestnut-crowned Warbler
* Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker
* Fire-backed Flowerpecker
Yellow-vented Flowerpecker
* White-bellied Yuhina
Lesser Whitethroat – I have had some feedback from